Drivers and passengers are being urged to take special precautions at highway service centers in Guangdong province, where police say robberies and thefts are an ongoing problem.

 

A growing number of thefts have been reported in recent months at the centers for food and refueling in the southern province that borders Hong Kong and Macao, said Ruan Fucheng, deputy director of the key criminal case section under Guangdong's provincial Department of Public Security.

 

A driver surnamed Xue was robbed of more than 10 million CNY (USD1.61 million) in gold and jewelry from a box in his car's trunk at the Baiyunzai service center on the Shenhai Expressway in eastern Guangdong on Jan 8, Ruan said.

 

After several months of investigation, police detained four suspects in Zhongshan and Zhanjiang and recovered about 1 million CNY worth of stolen property in May.

 

The suspects, all Zhanjiang residents, admitted to stealing Xue's gold and jewelry, but they had sold most of the items by the time they were detained, Ruan said.

 

It was the biggest theft reported at a highway service center in Guangdong province, Ruan said 

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